Complaint Against 39 In Bihar For Protesting Encephalitis Deaths

PATNA: In a shocking development, Bihar Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against 39 people of Harivanshpur village in Vaishali district for staging protest against the government over the deaths of children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and lack of water facilities in the village.

Talking to ANI, relatives of persons who have been named in the FIR said that villagers have lost their children but the administration has filed FIR against villagers for protesting. The relatives added that men who have been named in the FIR have left the village and gone away to earn livelihood for their families.

"Our children have died. We did a road gherao, but the administration has filed an FIR against us. Men against whom FIR has been registered have left the village and gone away. They were the only breadwinners," said a relative of a person against whom the FIR has been registered to ANI.